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C.I.D. man
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Definition:a man from the Criminal Investigation Department
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The men knew he was a C.I.D. man because he confided to them he was and urged each of them not to reveal his true identity to any of the other men to whom he had already confided that he was a C.I.D. man.
"You're the only one in the squadron who knows I'm a C.I.D. man," he confided to Major Major,"
Joseph Heller. Catch-22, p.93 (1961)
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"I've got my credentials and you can see them. I'm an ex-C.I.D. man. [...]"
Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. p.40 (1939)
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my conclusion therefore was that the cause of the crash was not an accident.
[signed] Max Hornung, CID
Sidney Sheldon. Bloodline, p.313 (1977)
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